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but the pentagon itself says most go unreported, and fewer than one fourth are ever prosecuted. kay whitley runs the pentagon sexual assault prevention and response office p.m. >> sexual assault has no place in our armed forces, that's why the department is committed to programs that focus on preventing the crime from ever occurring. >> reporter: sarah was a corporal at camp pendleton in 2006. after a night of drinking in the barracks, she says a superior officer climbed into the bed where she was sleeping and forced himself on her. >> i was kind of panicked. i didn't say anything. >> reporter: after reporting the incident, she said she was still forced to work in the same office as her assailant. >> i was told i needed to suck it up until the end of the investigation, and to continue to treat him with the respect his rank deserves. >> reporter: who told you to suck it up? >> all of them. that was just the general attitude. >> reporter: how did they put it? >> words were, marines don't cry. >> reporter: the pentagon wouldn't comment on the lawsuit itself, but a spokesman says d.
but the pentagon itself says most go unreported, and fewer than one fourth are ever prosecuted. kay whitley runs the pentagon sexual assault prevention and response office p.m. >> sexual assault has no place in our armed forces, that's why the department is committed to programs that focus on preventing the crime from ever occurring. >> reporter: sarah was a corporal at camp pendleton in 2006. after a night of drinking in the barracks, she says a superior officer climbed into the...
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these are not republicans that find the pentagon the pentagon sacrosanct and apart for this. so they joined with the democrats, with president obama's stated mission of wanting to get rid of this second engine and put this over the top. it was only a year ago that the democrat-controlled congress actually continued... voted to continue to let this program live. this representative in congress with these republican freshmen which many came from the tea party process. >> lehrer: well, the other issue that was raised by chairman mckeon, should we really reduce the forces, the size of forces in the united states army, the united states marine corps? we heard what seretary gates... that's also... usually everybody is... wants more troops and the secretary of defense and for a joint chiefs chairman to say, okay, it's okay to cut the size, that's unusual, is it not. >> it is unusual but there's a political point here being made, too, that the white house is eager to get out there and secretary gates leaned into them a bit which is a lot of what they point to is the fact that the ira
these are not republicans that find the pentagon the pentagon sacrosanct and apart for this. so they joined with the democrats, with president obama's stated mission of wanting to get rid of this second engine and put this over the top. it was only a year ago that the democrat-controlled congress actually continued... voted to continue to let this program live. this representative in congress with these republican freshmen which many came from the tea party process. >> lehrer: well, the...
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. >> schieffer: there's also a pentagon spending. isn't the pentagon going to have to make some very deep cuts here? >> the pentagon-- and i think it shows what a great secretary of defense we have. he's gotten out ahead of this as you know with some significant cost savings that he's already proposed. we're going to have to make a lot of reforms in the way we procure weapons and a lot of things like that. but at the same time, we are in two wars. our biggest costs are personnel costs because we're an all volunteer force. so let's recognize some of the realities of our national security needs, and i hope that some of my new colleagues on the other side of the capitol understand that we've got to be very careful with cuts in defense spending. >> schieffer: some of your colleagues on the other side of the capitol are talking about $100 billion cut out of this year's budget. you've been a maverick a lot of your career. do you really think that's realistic? >> i think a lot of it is realistic. i think a lot of fundamental changes also ca
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the defense minister as we've already heard is a close ally of the pentagon then takes orders direct the big question washington has is must think should happen to destabilize. israel that is all they're concerned about and they're also concerned about the affects of this are people now on jordan on yemen and who knows even them so the arabia and barrett so regardless of what washington wants to try to control the situation. in a few minutes more analysis of the reports spreading out from the gyptian on grass to our military apps for example how the president of afghanistan is trying to shield himself repetition of the events in cairo also. we've there's a lot of countries that are surviving off of the interest we're paying so it's good for us to be in doubt you think. not this watch how deep in debt can the u.s. slipper for bankruptcy comes knocking the president trying to find out on new york street. out of the euro twenty twelve championships in poland and ukraine the host have unveiled a two full new object and maybe a small but they help their traditional instrument will pack ju
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the defense minister as we've already heard is a close ally of the pentagon and takes orders direct the big question washington has is nothing should happen to destabilize the. israel that is all they're concerned about and they're also concerned about the effects of this are people now on jordan on yemen and who knows even in saudi arabia and bahrain so regardless of what washington wants it can to try to control the situation. when in a few minutes from now more analysis of the report spreading out from the egyptian . ministry expert examines how the president of afghanistan is trying to shield himself from the repetition of the events that current and also still to come we've there's a lot of folks that are surviving off of the interest. so it's good for us to be in doubt you think. not this but how deep in debt can the u.s. slip before bankruptcy comes knocking the president tries to find out he looks pretty. so those stories still to come first ahead of the euro two thousand and twelve championships in poland and ukraine the hosts of all vale the new object may be small but they ho
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the defense minister as we've already heard is a close ally of the pentagon takes orders direct. with that said i just want you to reiterate if you can how much pressure in fact do you think came from abroad. well i think the united states had to warble they were tempted to keep mubarak in power as they had done for thirty years but the gyptian people's anger and mobilization was so huge that they had no option but to dump him this is a very different sort of mass movement from the ones we saw in ukraine in other parts of eastern europe this was a movement which actually wanted to break from the ugly embrace of the united states which is wrecked their ground very saw a lot of extremely interesting things are likely to happen now and if the military attempts to portray another stooge in power to carry out orders from foreign lands it might not work because the depression people feel they are the ones who remove mubarak nobody else so you don't think that there's a danger that the military won't try to put who they want into power that a democratic leader will in fact be able to be
the defense minister as we've already heard is a close ally of the pentagon takes orders direct. with that said i just want you to reiterate if you can how much pressure in fact do you think came from abroad. well i think the united states had to warble they were tempted to keep mubarak in power as they had done for thirty years but the gyptian people's anger and mobilization was so huge that they had no option but to dump him this is a very different sort of mass movement from the ones we saw...
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freedom marshal power week the defense minister as we've already heard is a close ally of the pentagon then takes orders direct the big question washington has is nothing should happen to destabilize their permanent israel that is all they're concerned about and they're also concerned about the effects of this are people now on jordan on yemen and who knows even in saudi arabia and bahrain so regardless of what washington wants it to try to control the situation. of protocol later in the program approaching the red planet broken bow five hundred mission is nearing its destination and although it's only natural the scientific worth of big government is very real. as americans begin looking to next year's presidential election a country in economic crisis but social comes from the republican party slugging it out on the issues including abortion gun ownership and the place of religion in public life but the u.s. still fighting two wars abroad one of the biggest topics of discussion will be in the tree spending. has been looking into some of the new political faces on the scene who could
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the defense minister as we've already heard is a close ally of the pentagon takes orders direct the big question washington has is nothing should happen to destabilize their permanent israel that is all they're concerned about and they're also concerned about the effects of this are people now on jordan on yemen and who knows even them saudi arabia and bahrain so regardless of what washington wants it can to try to control the situation. and in a few minutes more analysis of the ripples spreading out from the direction of the rats. our military expert examines how the president of afghanistan is trying to shield himself from a repetition of the bands in cairo and. believe me a lot of countries that are so vital for the interest we're paying so it's good for us to be in doubt you think. not this was so deep and can be you out before bankruptcy comes knocking the residents tries to find out on new york streets for. as americans begin looking to next year's presidential election a country in economic crisis potential candidates from the republican party gets out on issues including abortio
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freedom marshall power week the defense minister as we've already heard is a close ally of the pentagon then takes orders direct the big question washington has is nothing should happen to destabilize their. israel that is all they're concerned about and they are also concerned about the effects of this are people now on jordan on yemen and who knows even in saudi arabia and bahrain so regardless of what washington wants it to try to control the situation. within a few minutes from now more analysis of the ripples spreading el from the egyptian unrest i'm going to treat. afghanistan as trying to shield himself from a repetition of those events. but also coming up a little later. there's a lot of countries that are so volatile that leaves us with. so it's good for us to be in doubt you think. about this what. can the us before bankruptcy comes knocking the resident tries to find out the new york street. stories told to come first as potential u.s. presidential hopefuls start turning their minds to the twenty twelve elections the list of burning issues for the republican candidates is gro
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said had said partnership for peace is considered the most brilliant idea the pentagon ever had come forward with it was so successful because you could look at what the partnership for peace has turned into what made almost olympus and almost all countries that former partnership or peace they already made to and why is partnership for peace so brilliant because you get alliance right into the foreign policy to start to discuss to get the possibility to just start to talk with their with the people who are who are responsible for four of four for important policy that is partnership for peace and they fooled a lot of peace organizations are you crazy are you really crazy you are going with nato oh no i mean it that it's appears are going to station so they were talented those who brought these they were but the worst thing and the. thing that made us just be wanting to put the joining european union and then after this it was just partnership for peace i mean it was it was the it was the case i mean it joining european union richard holbrooke who came here in ninety four and said he
said had said partnership for peace is considered the most brilliant idea the pentagon ever had come forward with it was so successful because you could look at what the partnership for peace has turned into what made almost olympus and almost all countries that former partnership or peace they already made to and why is partnership for peace so brilliant because you get alliance right into the foreign policy to start to discuss to get the possibility to just start to talk with their with the...
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read the book but this idea two weeks after 9/11, i interviewed rumsfeld on the record, it's on the pentagon website, and he confirms what bush said in his memoirs, it was no november the day before thanksgiving that bush called him in. this was a moment of intoxication. it looked like they were going to win the afghan war at that point. and bush kind of said, let's do it. but, again, you go into the records, it's rumsfeld who's pushing iraq a day, two days after 9/11. chris: that's what we have at nbc, that is in fact the record. coming in the tank there when they were talking. >> when these people write memoirs, you know, their researchers going through and say, you have this problem and they say, well, let's not write about that. they just -- >> i don't have much time for this guy. he was the worst secretary of defense in american history. i mean, he was really -- he came in with a single focus which was transformation of the military and then he got involved in and he was going to fight iraq in a new lightweight different way and he got stuck there and he didn't follow through. he wasn't
read the book but this idea two weeks after 9/11, i interviewed rumsfeld on the record, it's on the pentagon website, and he confirms what bush said in his memoirs, it was no november the day before thanksgiving that bush called him in. this was a moment of intoxication. it looked like they were going to win the afghan war at that point. and bush kind of said, let's do it. but, again, you go into the records, it's rumsfeld who's pushing iraq a day, two days after 9/11. chris: that's what we...
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it is something right out of a spy movie and may soon be the pentagon's latest weapon. it's part drone and, get this, part hummingbird. >> it's a tiny robot with a wingspan of 6 1/2 inches equipped with a camera. so small, the enemy never even sees it. david muir reports. >> reporter: this hummingbird won't soon be landing on your backyard bird feeder. the flight path could take it overseas, a nano hummingbird, a pocket-sized drone and could be a powerful weapon for the pentagon. >> this is the first aircraft that's been developed that flies with two flapping wings. >> reporter: watch the box in the upper left as the bird takes flight outdoors, flapping its robotic wings, what it sees the pentagon will see. powered by batteries, the bird becomes a sort of bond. spying as it flies. indoors what would appear to be an incoming bird is an agent with a better than a bird's-eye view, a 360-degree view. pentagon has spent about $4 million so far building these birds that can fly forward and backward, hover, land on a phone line, a cable line, all by remote control. watching ov
it is something right out of a spy movie and may soon be the pentagon's latest weapon. it's part drone and, get this, part hummingbird. >> it's a tiny robot with a wingspan of 6 1/2 inches equipped with a camera. so small, the enemy never even sees it. david muir reports. >> reporter: this hummingbird won't soon be landing on your backyard bird feeder. the flight path could take it overseas, a nano hummingbird, a pocket-sized drone and could be a powerful weapon for the pentagon....
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fourteen trillion dollar national debt the pentagon wants to keep america's cup prosody to wage war but critics say more should be spent at home as many americans phrase they threaten. the great has called on the u.n. security council to investigate vacation is making top politicians including the current prime minister touchy to all the traffic and other crimes during the nineteen ninety nine ball the call comes as people. on the said anniversary of it in the lunch collaboration of independence from said he. has the headlines now the second part of the unknown the shadows after next. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. well it's time for tonight's tool time award and it goes to a montana state lawmaker republican joe rhee doesn't.
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that you're g gng to get from a fully free and fair democratic vote because they've got lines to the pentagon. they want to keep the peace with israel. so the key question now is, how long the military holds power and how they shape the coming elections. do they conform to the demands of the demonstrators for free, fair, open elections, where all parties participate? >> what is the impact? >> i share in all the exhilaration of the people over there. but this was a military coupe. the people in the street loved them. they're conscripts and they have showed enormous restraint. but it is a military takeover nonetheless. i think the impact on the other regimes, the youth that field this popular uprising mething present throughout the other countries, as are repressive governments. so i think there's a message to everybody. but this is a time to celebrate and to be happy about it. but the rising expectations that this has created will be very difficult to meet. the protestors want more than lifting of the emergency law. they want jobs. and that's going to be difficult, and as is where will the lea
that you're g gng to get from a fully free and fair democratic vote because they've got lines to the pentagon. they want to keep the peace with israel. so the key question now is, how long the military holds power and how they shape the coming elections. do they conform to the demands of the demonstrators for free, fair, open elections, where all parties participate? >> what is the impact? >> i share in all the exhilaration of the people over there. but this was a military coupe....
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it was an embarrassment for the pentagon, followed by the leak of thousand of cables about the wars in iraq and afghanistan. then there was the release of u.s. diplomatic cables amounting to 250,000 documents containing 240 million words. the reaction in washington echoed the view of former ambassador ed rowell. >> horror, horror. and i can tell you a lot of my colleagues -- i'm retired -- but currently colleagues in the state department felt the same sense of horror. and it was a feeling that was shared from the top to the bottom. >> the general feeling was that national security interests outweighed the public's right to know and that what wikileaks did was morally and ethically wrong, and maybe illegal. the attorney general launched an investigation, one that deeply troubles stephen kohn, executive director of the national whistleblowers center. >> i think the prosecution of wikileaks under the espionage act would be completely irresponsible and a violation of first amendment rights. >> reporter: kohn says it would be unethical for government employees to keep some things secret, th
it was an embarrassment for the pentagon, followed by the leak of thousand of cables about the wars in iraq and afghanistan. then there was the release of u.s. diplomatic cables amounting to 250,000 documents containing 240 million words. the reaction in washington echoed the view of former ambassador ed rowell. >> horror, horror. and i can tell you a lot of my colleagues -- i'm retired -- but currently colleagues in the state department felt the same sense of horror. and it was a feeling...
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and you compare that with 2.5 million words of the pentagon papers. this was the biggest amount of data that any journalist had ever had to tackle creee. and it would be necessary to bring as many eyes to the enterprise. that is all it started. it started well, and as far as we were concerned, up until december 22, when we -- it did well. >> we will get to december the 22nd in a little bit, but when you had nick bring julian assange in. the task was huge. what would you, as an editor, what were you thinking when you took hold of this enormous amount of data? what were your first concerns in terms of ethics and process, and did you at any point consider that this was something that would be too difficult to do? >> well, we rapidly realize, and bill has said the same, that we realized that the skills we had on the drill and a stick side wereic barely up the task. david, this is harold. harold, this is david. and they could do things that neither fully appreciate it, including how to build search engines across data. so that was the first learning curve.
and you compare that with 2.5 million words of the pentagon papers. this was the biggest amount of data that any journalist had ever had to tackle creee. and it would be necessary to bring as many eyes to the enterprise. that is all it started. it started well, and as far as we were concerned, up until december 22, when we -- it did well. >> we will get to december the 22nd in a little bit, but when you had nick bring julian assange in. the task was huge. what would you, as an editor,...
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president obama's proposed 2012 pentagon budget is $671 billion. that is down from last year's request of $708 billion. this morning, robert gates and the head of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullins, will testify about the military budget. that is live from the house armed services committee at 10:00 eastern. later in the day, on c-span 3, treasury secretary tim geithner will be back on capitol hill for a second day to testify about the president paz budget. live coverage from the house budget committee at 2:00 eastern. >> the cspan networks, we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history available on television, radio, online and on social media networking sites and find our content any time through the cspan video library and we take cspan on the road with local content vehicle bringing our resources to your community. it is washington your way, the cspan networks, now available in more than 100 million homes, created by cable and provided as a public service. >> "washington journal" is next. t
president obama's proposed 2012 pentagon budget is $671 billion. that is down from last year's request of $708 billion. this morning, robert gates and the head of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullins, will testify about the military budget. that is live from the house armed services committee at 10:00 eastern. later in the day, on c-span 3, treasury secretary tim geithner will be back on capitol hill for a second day to testify about the president paz budget. live coverage from the...
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>> couric: all right, david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. there's a report tonight that the top commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus, may leave his post by the end of this year. that's according to the "times" of london which says the pentagon is now considering possible replacements. meanwhile, in italy, silvio berlusconi has been somewhat of a teflon politician. he's been charged with corruption many times but nothing sticks. now prosecutors believe the prime minister's luck is running out. as mark phillips reports, berlusconi was ordered today to stand trial in a sex scandal. >> reporter: she was just 17 but you know what i mean, the song goes. for italian prime minister silvio berlusconi-- 74-- what it means is another day in court, this time on charges he may not be able to dodge. she is karima el mahroug, a moroccan better known in italy by her professional name-- ruby heartstealer, a nightclub dancer who so danced her way into one of berlusconi's notorious all- night so-called bunga-bunga parties that he gave her $8,000 fo
>> couric: all right, david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. there's a report tonight that the top commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus, may leave his post by the end of this year. that's according to the "times" of london which says the pentagon is now considering possible replacements. meanwhile, in italy, silvio berlusconi has been somewhat of a teflon politician. he's been charged with corruption many times but nothing sticks. now prosecutors...
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are you comfortable this is not constitute a violation of the pentagon cannot lobby? >> la mesa the papers and find out the background before i make a judgment. >> thank you. we will -- we would, after you have a chance to peruse those, if you would please respond to the gentleman in writing, we'd appreciate that. mr. reyes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, welcome. thank you for your service. let me add my concern to the issue of the reductions and strength for both the army and marines given some of the challenges that we know we are going to have in the next few years and in the horn of africa and other areas, so i do hope we are careful with those reductions because in the final analysis, the ones that pay the price of the service men and women and their families and most recently we have learned over the last eight years that enact the meeting and using the reserve force is, a lot of unintended negative can't quinces impacted those families. so i also want to urge caution there. the other concern i have is yesterday it became a national story about a lawsui
are you comfortable this is not constitute a violation of the pentagon cannot lobby? >> la mesa the papers and find out the background before i make a judgment. >> thank you. we will -- we would, after you have a chance to peruse those, if you would please respond to the gentleman in writing, we'd appreciate that. mr. reyes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, welcome. thank you for your service. let me add my concern to the issue of the reductions and strength for both the...
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the pentagon says it's not decided yet when the top u.s. commander will leave his post newspaper reports that general petraeus will step down this year he was appointed about eight months ago as part of. the country but our military says that despite all of america's efforts the number of mistakes in the country is getting hired. american occupation of afghanistan has already exceeded all possible saw that mistake in that country and accomplished even more than that in a negative sense and simultaneously having missed all the positive developments that war triggered and promoted by the soviet union intentionally or not in afghanistan i'm not going to justify the soviet military campaign in afghanistan however i do believe that the current american military campaign in afghanistan provides and ample evidence to exonerate the soviet political economic and military presence in afghanistan from their raise e.g. of the united states information agency propaganda which rolled supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic ob
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pentagon officials have been before a senate budget committee is seeking to slash marcus stein green fourteen trillion dollars national debt the pentagon will stick to america's capacity to wage war in talks but critics say more should respond to the home as many americans pay the threat of poverty. rate has called on the u.n. security council to investigate allegations linking top politicians including the current prime minister hoshyar touchy to organ trafficking and other crimes during the one nine hundred ninety nine will the call comes as people possibly can all the depreciation of course about the third anniversary of its you know lateral declaration of independence from said. yes protests become pace in the middle east we ask if they could also a shift in the longstanding u.s. policy towards all the officers in the value of the. i can be alone a show where i'll get the real headlines with the mercy we're going to live out of washington d.c. now it's been one year since the u.s. offensive in marjah began in afghanistan it was a high profile escalation of our war effort but one
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fourteen trillion dollars national debt the pentagon wants to keep america's capacity to wage. but critics say more should be spent at home as many americans face the threat of. grade has called on the security council to investigate. including the current prime minister. organ trafficking and. the call comes as people. on the set and investor of. the independence from set. up next we'll take a look into the life of soviet leader. a politician full of contradictions and paradoxes for nearly two decades his name received no mention in the soviet press many continue to remember him to his resignation. i think he was the best emperor of the soviet era yes he was. publicly vowed that the soviet union would catch up with america and do it he promised to fully established communism in his country by.
fourteen trillion dollars national debt the pentagon wants to keep america's capacity to wage. but critics say more should be spent at home as many americans face the threat of. grade has called on the security council to investigate. including the current prime minister. organ trafficking and. the call comes as people. on the set and investor of. the independence from set. up next we'll take a look into the life of soviet leader. a politician full of contradictions and paradoxes for nearly two...
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the pentagon is denying rumors that the us commander in afghanistan will leave his post by the end of the year the british press earlier reported that general david petraeus is due to leave afghanistan along with a large share of u.s. troops washington's promise to pull all of its forces out of the country by twenty fourteen quote come hell or high water when our military contributor says the u.s. failed to learn from the soviet campaign there. american occupation of afghanistan has already exceeded all possible saw that mistake in that contrie and accomplished even more than that in a negative sense and simultaneously having missed all the positive developments that were triggered and promoted by the soviet union intentionally or not in afghanistan i'm not going to justify the soviet military campaign in afghanistan however i do believe that the current american military campaign in afghanistan provides and ample evidence to exonerate the soviet political economic and military presence in afghanistan from day raise e.g. of the united states information agency of propaganda which roll
the pentagon is denying rumors that the us commander in afghanistan will leave his post by the end of the year the british press earlier reported that general david petraeus is due to leave afghanistan along with a large share of u.s. troops washington's promise to pull all of its forces out of the country by twenty fourteen quote come hell or high water when our military contributor says the u.s. failed to learn from the soviet campaign there. american occupation of afghanistan has already...
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the biggest cut, $78 billion, out of the pentagon over five years. >> i've worked on seven budgets that presidents have sent to congress. this has the toughest cuts that i have ever worked on. they're very significant. >> reporter: some progressives are dismayed to see favorite programs like teach for america facing dramatic cuts. >> unless we're in the president's budget, we'll be zeroed out, so we are barreling toward being zeroed out. >> reporter: the president is also proposing raising taxes to attack the deficit, lowering how much wealthy taxpayers can write off in itemized deductions, like home mortgage interest, and permanently rolling back the lower bush tax rates for top earners. today republicans admitting they don't have their own budget ready to offer ripped the president for his. >> and so when you see our leader, the president of the united states, seeing this, knowing it, acknowledging it and ducking it, that is why we're so disappointed today. >> reporter: yet neither republicans nor the president have offered a plan to deal with the biggest part of the budget, mandatory
the biggest cut, $78 billion, out of the pentagon over five years. >> i've worked on seven budgets that presidents have sent to congress. this has the toughest cuts that i have ever worked on. they're very significant. >> reporter: some progressives are dismayed to see favorite programs like teach for america facing dramatic cuts. >> unless we're in the president's budget, we'll be zeroed out, so we are barreling toward being zeroed out. >> reporter: the president is...
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this in a comprehensive way and not just take a weed whacker to the domestic budget while letting the pentagon off free. >> chris: what you said is we probably will need an extension of the cr for a period of time before we work out o a deal. speaker bohhner said if there is an extension there has to be real cuts in it. >> i'm not going to move any short-term cr at current levels. when we say they are going to cut spending read my lips, we are going to cut spending. >> chris: senator coburn, will there have to be cuts in any extension of the cr and if not are we headed for a government shutdown? >> i don't think we are. i think nobody wants that to happen and i think everybody realizes that we have to make some significant cuts. you can't play the waitingy game saying we don't want to agree with this now, give us a month and we will figure it out next month, the fact is we will still spend $61 billion this year that we don't need to spend. it is good for political rhetoric to talk about a government shutdown but i don't know anybody that wants that to happen and i think cooler heads if in fact
this in a comprehensive way and not just take a weed whacker to the domestic budget while letting the pentagon off free. >> chris: what you said is we probably will need an extension of the cr for a period of time before we work out o a deal. speaker bohhner said if there is an extension there has to be real cuts in it. >> i'm not going to move any short-term cr at current levels. when we say they are going to cut spending read my lips, we are going to cut spending. >> chris:...
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from the pentagon, this is about 45 minutes. >> i would like to welcome back to the pentagon briefing room someone who is no stranger here -- lieutenant general david rodriguez, the commander of the international security assistance force joint command, also known as ijc. he also serves as deputy commander of united states forces -- afghanistan. general rodriguez assumed his duties in june 2009, and he subsequently became the first commander of the ijc in october 2009. if previous so that, he was commander of regional command east for 15 months, and from january 2007 to april 2008. he has spent 34 of the last 48 months in afghanistan. the general most recently spoke with us last summer via satellite from kabul, and we're grateful that he is made time to update us today here in person on the situation in afghanistan. with that, sir, i will turn things over to you. >> thank you. it is great to be here in the pentagon briefing room. for those of you who know me, know there is a little tongue in cheek there. [laughter] thank you for your interest in afghanistan. this morning i will tell y
from the pentagon, this is about 45 minutes. >> i would like to welcome back to the pentagon briefing room someone who is no stranger here -- lieutenant general david rodriguez, the commander of the international security assistance force joint command, also known as ijc. he also serves as deputy commander of united states forces -- afghanistan. general rodriguez assumed his duties in june 2009, and he subsequently became the first commander of the ijc in october 2009. if previous so...
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posed by the chief of the army and the minister of defense they have a very close relationship with the pentagon always very very close to robert gates the. so it's going to fold at least. this past week so obviously washington will be supervising in the saying that athens tahrir square in cairo now celebrates the end of ruled by an autocratic leader who restricted political freedoms and damaged economic progress so too did people on the streets of kurdistan and ukraine in recent years after so-called democratic revolutions with western approval but the leaders who came to power were leader rejected by their own people the characters are many of the people power of being where but also people who. have. been just a change of racism. some say the lesson that the west to learn from recent revolutions is to abstain from supporting a leader just based on how convenient they are for the west rather than how much they can do for their people going to check on our t. washington d.c. . investigative journalist robert dreyfuss says that now that mubarak has stepped down and had power to the military amer
posed by the chief of the army and the minister of defense they have a very close relationship with the pentagon always very very close to robert gates the. so it's going to fold at least. this past week so obviously washington will be supervising in the saying that athens tahrir square in cairo now celebrates the end of ruled by an autocratic leader who restricted political freedoms and damaged economic progress so too did people on the streets of kurdistan and ukraine in recent years after...
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compare that with 2.5 million words in the pentagon papers. this was the biggest amount of data to any journalistic organization has ever had to tackle. it would be necessary to bring as many eyes as possible to the enterprise. that is how would started. it started well. as far as we were concerned, ought to december 22, i think it ended pretty well. >> going back to -- your contact when julian assange was brought in, what would you -- as an editor, will you thinking when you took hold of this amounts of data? digit and appoint think this is something that will be too difficult to do -- did you think that this was something that would be too difficult to do? >> we realized the skills were built up to the task. it has been quite interesting that as people who a been dining next to each other for years, we got to know each other -- harold, this is david -- they could do things that neither of them fully appreciated. that is been a high learning curve including how to build search engines across data and how to manipulate these vast amounts of in
compare that with 2.5 million words in the pentagon papers. this was the biggest amount of data to any journalistic organization has ever had to tackle. it would be necessary to bring as many eyes as possible to the enterprise. that is how would started. it started well. as far as we were concerned, ought to december 22, i think it ended pretty well. >> going back to -- your contact when julian assange was brought in, what would you -- as an editor, will you thinking when you took hold of...